Chicago DOJ Faces Rare, Tough Moment In Misconduct Probe

By Lauraann Wood

A federal judge's probe of misrepresentations surrounding the failed conspiracy prosecution of six protestors marks a rare, disappointing moment for Chicago's U.S. attorney's office, which reflects the office's politicization and a tough path to chart forward, experts told Law360.

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Raoul, Fioretti Offer Contrasting Priorities For Ill. AG's Office

By Celeste Bott

After spending much of his second term challenging the Trump administration in court, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is asking voters for another four years in office, facing Republican Bob Fioretti, who says that as the state's top lawyer he would devote more attention to violent crime and public corruption.

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McDonald's Must Keep Fighting McRib Proposed Class Action

By Hailey Konnath

An Illinois federal judge Friday trimmed but ultimately refused to toss the bulk of a proposed class action claiming McDonald's deceives consumers because its McRib doesn't contain any rib meat, ruling that the consumers have plausibly alleged that McDonald's tricked them into thinking the sandwich contained rib.

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K&L Gates DQ'd In Trust's Mortgage Loan Agreement Dispute

By Isaac Monterose

A Washington federal judge disqualified K&L Gates LLP from a trust's dispute over a residential mortgage loan sale agreement, ruling that the law firm must leave the suit because it drafted the form agreement used in the transaction.

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Indian Health Nonprofit Can't Avoid HHS Repayment Demand

By Joyce Hanson

A Chicago healthcare nonprofit serving Native Americans must repay almost half of the nearly $205,000 the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says it owes after its former executive director fraudulently paid herself and her husband, the U.S. Civilian Board of Contract Appeals has ruled.

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Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attorneys From 89 Firms

The lawyers chosen as Law360's 2026 MVPs stand out from their peers by notching significant achievements in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-setting transactions.

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States Say Trump Can't Limit Funding Freeze Injunction

By Ganesh Setty

A coalition of 23 states and the District of Columbia urged a Rhode Island federal court Friday to let them continue challenging a now-rescinded Trump administration directive to "temporarily" withhold their federal funding, arguing a permanent injunction should still be on the table.

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AGs Seek Final OK For $29.6M Glenmark Price-Fixing Deal

By Brian Steele

A coalition of 48 states and territories is asking a Connecticut federal judge to give his final approval to a $29.6 million settlement with Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. that would end claims that the drugmaker conspired with competitors to inflate prices and allocate markets for generic drugs.

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Roundup

Defamation Litigation Roundup: Benny Johnson, Mariah Carey

By Theresa Schliep

In this month's review of defamation fights, Law360 highlights separate lawsuits against two conservative political figures accused of sharing false and disparaging online content, one brought by a left-wing streamer and another by protesters of Immigration and Customs Enforcement activities in Illinois.

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DOJ Backs Ex-Wisconsin Judge's ICE Obstruction Conviction

By Andrea Keckley

The U.S. Department of Justice told the Seventh Circuit that the high-profile conviction of a former Wisconsin state court judge for interfering with an ICE arrest was not compromised by her position on the bench or by jury instructions.

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How AI Could Help Judges Spot Their Own Biases

In close cases where there’s room for discretion, artificial intelligence could challenge judges’ implicit biases by running counterfactual tests at scale — but any judicial use of such tools would need guardrails, say Arnold Peter at Peter Law and Nancy Rapoport at University of Nevada.

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BigLaw Attys Step Up To Help Voters In Midterm Elections

By Jack Karp and Lynn LaRowe

Attorneys from several BigLaw firms are volunteering across the country to make sure voters don't run into problems casting their ballots or having those ballots counted in Tuesday's midterm elections.

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Brief

Winston Taylor, DLA Piper Match Milbank Pay Scale

By Tracey Read

Two more BigLaw firms have opted to match the new associate salary scale set by Milbank LLP in June.

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Analysis

Judiciary Stuck In AI Rulemaking Rut As Attys, Judges Protest

By Jeff Overley

Judiciary efforts to enact rules for the artificial intelligence age are mired in concerns about burdens on litigators, the tensions between burgeoning technology and snail-paced policymaking, and how to even define AI. And despite vivid examples of AI's risks, officials are inching toward mothballing the prominent project.

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Judge Orders Chicago US Atty To Testify In Misconduct Probe

By Celeste Bott

An Illinois federal judge has ordered Chicago's top federal prosecutor and three assistant U.S. attorneys to testify under oath about potentially false statements made to her in a now-dismissed criminal conspiracy case against anti-ICE protesters, saying Monday that the government's shifting explanations about communications with DOJ leadership suggest prosecutors misled the court about outside involvement in the prosecution.

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NY State Bar Says Attys Can't Bill Time Saved By AI

By Andrea Keckley

The New York State Bar Association has told lawyers not to bill clients for the time they saved by using artificial intelligence, or for the time it took to learn a new AI tool.

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Interview

SEC's Top Cop On Building A 'Nimble' Enforcement Division

By Jessica Corso

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has lost hundreds of enforcement employees and seen significant restructuring of its regional offices over the past two years, but the Division of Enforcement's director said that hasn't stopped him from building a "nimble" program that is focused on more than just the number of cases filed.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court last week allowed a stockholder claim over R1 RCM Inc.'s $8.9 billion buyout to proceed, while investors in Meta Platforms Inc. sued to block a stock restructuring they say would let CEO Mark Zuckerberg sell billions of dollars in shares without giving up control of the company.

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Monthly Merger Review Snapshot

By Matthew Perlman

The Federal Trade Commission caused a pair of playground equipment makers to abandon their planned merger, Canadian enforcers upended a deal for the Green Giant brand in the country and state attorneys general reached settlements for several regional deals.

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